Good luck with it, and let us know what you figure out.

Whatever you find, the header goes on in a manner that does not inpeed the
soft top or the hard top. Wherever the header goes, the other tops should be
able to go on over it or behind it. In either case, the header should not
have to be removed ever again unless you get rid of the bikini top for
whatever reason.





"Hooligan" > wrote in message
...
> Rick - Thanx but, as stated earlier, my the header doesn't look like
that...
> at all...
>
> Jeff - I was going to let this thread die because, well, I think I'm
going
> to have to actually lift the hardtop and see. Your thought had me rooting
> around down in the basement though but no joy. My 2000 factory softtop has
> no removable header. Fully connected to the fabric. Boy, really had me
> there tho :-) My CJ gear was all the same as well (supertop)...
>
> On that note, I can't find any factory instructions, the DC guys are,
well,
> DC guys, the guy I got it from doesn't seem to really know (other then "on
> top of the rubber"). It must fit in some fashion, the top does fit the
> header. Maybe it does require drilling into the rubber header on top of
the
> windshield. Bizarre but ... Anyhow I'm just going to have to wait until
> spring (say the middle of March :-) )...
>
> Thanx for the help...
>
> --
>
> (Please remove the "nospam" when replying)
>
> 2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking
>
>
> "Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Tme out!
> >
> > Have you investigated that you do not even need the new header? If you
> > have a Jeep version of the Bestop bikini, it should take the standard
Jeep
> > soft top header connector. You shouldn't even need any additional
> > hardware. Simply take the soft top off and put the bikini on.
> >
> > I have a Bestop soft top and a Bestop bikini for my CJ, and the header
is
> > the same for both. I do not need two different headers for the two
> > different tops.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Hooligan" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> And thats the part I don't know. The header is 2 pieces of brite
aluminim
> >> with a round channel for the leading edge of the top. Sort of shaped
> >> like this when looked at end on:
> >>
> >> _____(_)
> >>
> >> The flat section has no cutouts like the pictures on the Bestop site to
> >> get around the footman loop, ST/HT clamps, etc. The channel does have
a
> >> small lip on the bottom of both the forward and trailing lengthwise
edge.
> >> Almost like it should fit over something. If you bolted it to something
> >> flat it would bow in in the center.
> >>
> >> What started this was that I bought it via email and I wanted to make
> >> sure that I got the proper gear from the sale while it was fresh. Not
try
> >> and fix a problem after several months when I can actually get it on...
> >> The canvas parts looks band new, but the the channel didn't look like
> >> anything I had seen or could find. The DC dealerships here in Sait John
> >> just looked blank. I guess I will have to wait until I can lift the HT
> >> and experiment. The hazards of buying summer gear in the dead of winter
I
> >> guess...
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> (Please remove the "nospam" when replying)
> >>
> >> 2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
> >> news > >>>
> >>> "Hooligan" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> Snow - Its polka dotted and teenie which is what is causing the
> >>>> trouble.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeff - Guy said he got it from DC and the only tags on it say "JEEP"
> >>>> with the trademark symbol (all three pieces). I assumed that would
mean
> >>>> OEM but hey...
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I was not aware that there was an OEM bikini. DC gets its top from
> >>> Bestop, and it is certainly possible that Bestop might have made a
> >>> bikini that it sold through Jeep, or sold and Jeep allowed them to put
> >>> the logo on.
> >>>
> >>> I guess the bottom line is, how do you install the header?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>